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Mar 20, 1840

Journal Entry

March 20, 1840 ~ Friday
James Gurney

Thomas Kington {superintendent} Elder
Hannah Kington
George Bourn

20th March {Oh Lord comfort Phebe thy handmaid this day in her distress}
I Baptized 3 persons one a preachers, & preached
at Bridgen at Smith & some of the baser sort
armed themselves with rotten eggs & flung them at
me. one hit me in the head but did not break
untill it struck the ground. I walked to the Hill
farm
& spent the night distance of the day 9 miles

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Birch, Francis Thomas
12 Feb 1809 - 29 Apr 1875
7 mentions
1840 British Convert
Bourn, George
1798-aft. 1840
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
3 mentions
1840 British Convert
Gurney, James
16 Jun 1811 - 13 Jun 1885
3 mentions
1840 British Convert
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1580 mentions
Family
Kington, Thomas
18 May 1794 - 1 Jul 1874
182 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren

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Mission - 1840 Record of British Converts
Thomas Kington {superintendent} Elder Hannah Kington George Bourn Ann Teague
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
On the I baptized three persons one of whom was a preacher. While preaching on this day some of the lower sort armed themselves with rotten eggs and threw them at me. One hit me in the head but did not break until it struck the ground

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Mar 20, 1840